Effective April 9, 2020, the Postal Service™ is revising Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures, to update policy related to retail associate cash retained count tolerance and align the text with employee receivable processing.
Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures
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13 Stamp Stock and Cash Credits
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13-8 Conducting Cash Counts
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13-8.4 Cash Retained Count Tolerance
[Revise the first sentence of 13-8.4 to read as follows:]
Each employee is authorized a tolerance of $25.00 during his or her cash retained credit count regardless of the amount of the cash retained credit.***
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13-8.5.2 Shortages
[Revise the first sentence of 13-8.5.2 to read as follows:]
Upon completion of the count, the RSS system automatically records shortages that exceed the $25.00 tolerance or for final counts in AIC 764, and offsets the amount in AIC 752.***
13-9 Count and Tolerance Tables
13-9.1 Counts
[Revise the text of the SIA Cash Credit (Cash Retained) section in 13-9.1 to read as follows:]
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13-9.2 Tolerances
[Revise the text of the Amount of Cash Credit section in 13-9.2 to read as follows:]
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The Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into the next edition of online Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures, which is available on the PolicyNet website:
n Go to blue.usps.gov.
n In the left-hand column, click Essential Links, and then click PolicyNet.
n Go to the right-hand side under “Published Forms and Directives.”
n Click Handbooks.
The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is blue.usps.gov/cpim.
— Revenue and Field Accounting,
Controller, 4-9-20
